Norullah Noori

Norullah Noori (1967-) was a Taliban commander during the Afghanistan War.

Biography
Norullah Noori was born in Shajoie, Afghanistan in 1967, and he fought in the Soviet-Afghan War before becoming the Taliban's governor of Balkh Province. He oversaw the implementation of strict sharia law in what used to be a liberal substate led by Abdul Rashid Dostum, reversing the freedom of women to be unveiled in public and the ability of girls to attend school. During the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, he ordered his fighters to peacefully surrender to Dostum's Junbish-i-Milli forces, and he gave Dostum a tour of the Qala-i-Jangi fortress. On 11 January 2002, he arrived at Guantanamo Bay, and he was held there until 2014, when he was sent to Doha, Qatar to set up an official office for the Taliban with the purpose of initiating peace talks.